COMPLETE  ROSTER 


OF 


Colonel  David  Waterburyjr.'s 

Regiment  of 
Connecticut  Volunteers. 


THE     FIRST     REGIMENT     OF     INFANTRY     RESPONDING    TO     A    CALL 

FOR    VOLUNTEERS    FOR    THE    DEFENCE    OF    NEW    YORK 

CITY      AGAINST      THE      BRITISH      IN      THE 

AMERICAN      REVOLUTION. 


Now  for  the  first  time  printed  from  manuscript  records  in  the  possession 

of  the  publisher,  with  notes, 
compiled  from  authentic  historical  sources, 

By  A.  H.  CLARK. 


1897. 
A.  S.  CLARK, 

174  Fulton  Street,  (opposite  St.  Paul's), 
New  York  City. 


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A 

COMPLETE  ROSTER 


OF 


Colonel  David  Waterburyjr.'s 

Regiment  of 
Connecticut  Volunteers. 


THE     FIRST     REGIMENT     OF     INFANTRY     RESPONDING     TO     A     CALL 

FOR    VOLUNTEERS    FOR    THE    DEFENCE    OF    NEW    YORK 

CITY      AGAINST      THE      BRITISH      IN      THE 

AMERICAN      REVOLUTION. 


Now  for  the  first  time  printed  from  manuscript  records  in  the  possession 

of  the  publisher,  with  notes, 
compiled  from  authentic  historical  sources, 

By  A.  H.  CLARK. 


1897. 

A.  S.  CLARK, 

174  Fulton  Street,  (opposite  St.  Paul's), 
New  York  City. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress  in  the  year  1897,  by  A.  S.  CLARK, 
in  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress. 

All  Rights  Reserved. 


HISTORICAL  NOTES. 


A  glance  at  the  military  and  political  affairs  of  the 
period,  and  an  examination  of  the  conflicting  signs  of  the 
times  will  serve  as  a  prelude  to  a  short  history  of  the  regi 
ment  whose  roster  is  here  given. 

The  opening  of  the  year  1776,  marked  an  historic  era  in 
the  affairs  of  the  new  government  in  America,  which  was 
as  yet  in  its  formative  stage. 

New  York  City,  the  same  year,  was  one  of  the  most  im 
portant  towns  in  the  British  possessions  in  North  America. 
While  rather  more  cosmopolitan  than  Boston,  it  was  British 
in  the  main,  and  some  time  prior  to  the  period  of  which  we 
write  no  where  else  might  a  more  cheerful  loyalty  have 
been  both  expected  and  found.  But  Great  Britain  had  not 
been  kind  to  the  city  named  for  the  Duke  of  York.  A 
colonial  policy  exasperating  in  its  details,  and  constantly 
tending  toward  separation,  had  been  pursued  for  years. 
The  colonies  had  at  last  rebelled,  and  while  war  had  not  yet 
been  declared  from  want  of  an  organization  as  yet  suffi 
ciently  a  mouth-piece  to  announce  its  purposes  of  offense 
and  defence,  war  was  a  fact.  The  shot,  the  firing  of  which 
had  been  heard  round  the  world,  was  now  a  matter  of 
history  ;  the  repulse  of  the  troops  of  Britain  at  Bunker  Hill, 
filled  another  page  of  the  record,  and  the  first  day  of  Janu 
ary,  now  just  past,  had  witnessed  the  unfurling  of  the  tri- 
colored  American  banner,  not  yet  spangled  with  stars,  over 
the  Continental  army,  which  under  the  command  of  Wash 
ington  was  investing  Boston. 

An  anomalous  state  of  affairs  with  regard  to  the  gov 
ernment  of  the  city  as  also  of  the  Colony  of  New  York  had 


existed  for  some  time,  dating  back  to  the  earlier  of  the 
oppressive  measures  of  the  British  Ministry.  A  common 
parentage,  added  to  the  ties  of  relationship,  had  not  been 
a  sufficient  restraining  cause  to  prevent  the  growth  of  the 
party  of  liberty,  which  opposed  the  faction  that  still  held 
the  commands  of  king  and  cabinet  as  the  rule  and  guide  for 
their  conduct  of  affairs.  The  earliest  conflicts  between  the 
authority  of  the  king  and  the  people  had  been  precipitated 
by  the  quartering  of  soldiers  in  the  city,  followed  by  the 
Stamp  Act  and  other  annoying  measures.  The  representa 
tives  of  the  new  party  were  mostly  to  be  found  enrolled 
under  the  name  of  an  organization  known  as  the  Sons  of 
Liberty.  This  society  was  more  than  a  club.  It  was  the 
embodiment  of  a  new  era.  It  contained  in  itself  the  in 
centive  to  free  speech  and  equal  rights.  Its  members  were 
the  priests  that  attended  at  the  altar  of  Liberty,  and  kept 
alive  the  sacred  fire  that  burned  thereon.  The  city,  in  fact, 
was  loyal  to  the  king,  the  common  people  however  were 
not  in  accord  with  petty  tyranny  and  aristocratic  assump 
tion.  The  Provincial  Congress  was  more  tory  than  patriot, 
more  for  conciliation  than  for  defence.  Hard  pressed  by 
public  opinion,  very  slight  concessions  in  the  line  of  prep 
aration  had  been  made. 

The  Provincial  Congress  had  deputized  a  Committee  to 
attend  to  public  affairs  when  the  Congress  was  not  in  ses 
sion.  Loyalty  and  timidity  developed  their  fruit  in  these 
revolutionary  committees.  As  opposed  to  the  royalists,  were 
to  be  found  the  Committee  of  One  Hundred,  consisting  of 
the  most  reputable  citizens  and  the  Sons  of  Liberty,  these 
two  organizations  being  the  patriotic  force  of  New  York  City. 

The  nearest  supreme  power  in  the  land  was  the  Conti 
nental  Congress,  which  in  turn  was  more  or  less  (generally 
less)  supported  by  the  State  Provincial  Congresses.  These 
several  fountains  of  authority  were  ever  in  conflict.  Mean 
time  the  adherents  of  the  king  sowed  discord  and  disaffec 
tion,  and  the  crop  matured  and  yielded  an  abundant  harvest. 

The  city  was  barren  of  defence.     The  Bay,  the  East 


River  and  the  Hudson,  were  controlled  by  British  men-of- 
war.  Every  succeeding  week  brought  news  which  added  to 
the  feeling  of  discontent.  The  rumor  that  general  orders 
has  been  issued  by  the  British  Ministry  to  burn  the  town, 
if  rebel  troops  were  allowed  to  enter  it,  had  prevented  the 
calling  out  of  the  forces  of  the  state  by  any  of  the  various 
timid  committees.  That  an  era  of  devastation  was  really 
going  to  be  inaugurated,  seemed  to  find  color  in  the  startling 
news  of  the  burning  of  Norfolk,  Virginia. 

Isaac  Sears  had  been  justly  considered  one  of  the  most 
prominent  members  of  the  Sons  of  Liberty.  No  one  could 
have  been  more  obnoxious  to  the  party  of  the  king.  He  had 
never  failed  upon  any  known  occasion  to  thwart  their  plans 
if  possible,  and  more  recently  his  conduct  was  such  that 
even  his  friends  had  declared  it  "riotous  and  unjustifiable." 
Somewhat  soured  by  this  tribute,  but  not  in  any  wise  cast 
down,  he  had  left  the  city  for  the  camp  at  Cambridge,  where, 
when  arrived,  he  labored  to  convince  the  generals  of  the 
army  that  New  York  was  a  "nest  of  tories "  needing  the 
most  severe  measures  for  their  repression.  His  success  was 
not  very  great  except  with  General  Charles  Lee,  who  having 
lost  favor  with  the  British  Ministry,  and  hence  all  hope  of 
promotion,  had  recently  espoused  the  cause  of  America. 
Lee  was  quite  easily  persuaded  by  Sears  that  the  tories  who 
were  furnishing  aid  to  the  common  enemy  needed  attention, 
and  that  he  above  all  others  was  the  person  to  lead  a  force 
against  them.  Lee  then  offered  his  advice  to  Washington, 
and  suggested  that  he  be  empowered  to  visit  Connecticut, 
and  there  raise  a  regiment  with  which  he  might  effect  the 
security  of  New  York,  and,  incidentally,  the  expulsion  of 
the  tories.  After  some  delay  the  needed  consent  was  gained, 
and  on  the  8th  of  January,  1776,  he  departed  on  his  mission. 
Upon  his  arrival  at  Stamford  he  found  a  Connecticut  regi 
ment  under  the  command  of  Colonel  David  Waterbury,  Jr. 
on  the  point  of  embarking  for  Long  Island,  to  act  in  concert 
with  another  regiment  under  Lord  Sterling.  The  wisdom 
of  this  movement  was  questioned,  and  after  an  acrimonious 


controversy,  the  regiment  was  disbanded.  Colonel  Water- 
bury  had  a  reputation  as  a  tory  hater  second  to  none,  and  it 
was  believed  that  if  once  invested  with  authority,  and  also 
with  the  command  of  a  regiment  to  execute  his  will,  he 
would  precipitate  an  attack  from  the  British,  where  no  de 
fence  was  yet  in  readiness. 

General  Lee  was  greatly  incensed  at  what  he  character 
ized  as  the  "indecision"  of  Congress.  He  succeeded  in 
persuading  the  Governor  and  Council  of  Connecticut  to  re 
assemble  the  regiment  of  Waterbury.  This  command 
doubtless  had  in  it  some  remnant  of  those  heroes,  who 
from  the  first  had  shared  the  fortunes  of  their  colonel,  to 
which  were  added  the  later  enlistments.  Waterbury,  when 
but  twenty-five  years  of  age,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia, 
and  three  years  later  a  captain  of  the  train  band  in  Stam 
ford.  During  the  French  and  Indian  War,  he  was  in  active 
service  throughout  six  campaigns.  He  was  with  Sir  William 
Johnson  in  1755,  and  was  present  at  Abercrombie's  attack 
on  Ticonderoga  in  1758.  Commissioned  Lieutenant  Colonel 
of  the  gth  Connecticut  Regiment  in  1775,  a  short  time  after 
he  was  appointed  Colonel  of  the  5th.  Four  days  later  than 
the  date  of  the  last  commission  named,  New  York  City, 
alarmed  for  its  safety,  called  upon  the  Governor  of  Con 
necticut  for  a  regiment.  Colonel  Waterbury  responded, 
and  with  his  regiment  marched  to  Kings  Bridge.  A  change 
in  affairs  making  his  further  service  unnecessary,  he  was 
ordered  with  his  troops  to  the  Northern  Department,  where 
in  due  time  he  embarked  at  Ticonderoga  with  General 
Montgomery  on  the  Canadian  expedition,  and  later  was 
present  at  the  Siege  of  St.  John's  and  surrender  of  Montreal. 
The  writer  has  been  quite  explicit  with  the  details  of  Colonel 
Waterbury 's  service,  as  there  is  no  doubt  that  many  of  the 
men  who  formed  a  part  of  his  latest  command,  were  sharers 
with  him  in  all  of  the  honors  of  his  various  campaigns.  It 
seems  quite  impossible  to  determine  whether  this  regiment, 
which  is  named  in  all  of  the  general  orders  of  the  period 
as  Colonel  David  Waterbury  Jr.  's  Regiment,  had  any 


designating  number  or  not.  No  authority  consulted  by  the 
writer  leads  to  a  positive  decision,  rather  the  contrary.  There 
was  a  Colonel  Waterbury,  Senior,  as  also  another  fighting 
Waterbury.  who  styled  himself  David  Waterbury  3d,  the 
record  of  whose  exploits  add  to  the  confusion  in  the  various 
accounts.  Since  the  five  other  regiments  that  were  raised 
and  equipped  by  the  State  at  the  same  time  Colonel  Water- 
bury 's  was,  and  were  known  by  the  names  of  their  com 
manders,  it  is  safe  to  infer  that  it  had  no  number.  The 
standard  of  each  command,  by  order  of  the  State,  was  of  a 
particular  color,  that  of  Waterbury's  being  white,  bearing 
on  one  side  the  arms  of  the  commonwealth  and  upon  the 
other  in  golden  letters  the  words  "An  Appeal  to  Heaven." 

While  irregular  in  clothing  and  equipment,  there  was 
great  regularity  in  the  patriotic  feeling  that  resided  in  the 
hearts  of  the  men  who  bore  this  white  banner  of  their  na 
tive  state.  These  men  were  mostly  substantial  farmers, 
men  of  simple  and  rural  manners,  from  an  agricultural 
state  where  great  equality  of  condition  prevailed.  Most  of 
them  were  able  to  preside  at  a  town  meeting,  and  their 
notes  of  hand  were  worth  their  face  in  silver  or  golden  corn, 
which  was  then  reckoned  its  equivalent.  The  officers  of 
this  regiment  of  Connecticut  men  who  left  their  homes  for 
the  defence  of  the  principal  city  of  a  sister  state,  were  men 
of  culture  and  daring  courage,  neighbors  and  friends  of  the 
rank  and  file. 

As  to  the  dingy  regimentals  with  which  a  few  of  the  offi 
cers  and  men  were  provided,  a  word  is  quoted  in  their  favor 
from  a  writer  of  that  day.  **  Some  of  these  worthy  soldiers 
assisted  in  their  present  uniforms*  at  the  reduction  of  Louis- 
burg,  and  their  lank  cheeks,  and  war-worn  coats  are  viewed 
with  more  veneration  by  their  honest  countrymen  than  if 
they  were  glittering  nabobs  from  India."  Each  man  gen 
erally  provided  his  own  weapon  which  varied  in  style  as  the 
taste  of  its  possessor.  The  heavy  rifle  of  the  backwoodsman 
and  the  heavier  gun  of  the  duck  hunter  predominating. 

*Scarlet  coats  and  trousers,  with  a  triangular  laced  hat. 


8 

Let  us  now  turn  for  a  moment  to  the  dingy  pages  of 
the  orderly  book  of  this  regiment,  which  half  bound  in 
deer  skin,  cut  perhaps  from  the  hunting  shirt  of  one  of  these 
warriors,  still  remains,  a  silent  witness  of  their  deeds,  and 
see  what  may  be  gleaned  with  regard  to  the  progress  of  the 
enlistment,  and  such  items  bearing  upon  their  march  to 
New  York  as  may  be  there  recorded.  The  call  seems  to 
have  been  promulgated  on  or  about  the  i5th  day  of  January, 
1776,  and  on  that  day  many  men  responded,  as  the  i5th  is 
set  opposite  their  names  on  the  roll.  There  is  no  recorded 
date  later  than  the  28th,  though  it  is  evident  that  names 
were  added  after  the  regiment  started  on  its  march.  Colonel 
Waterbury  was  in  New  York  when  the  call  was  issued,  he 
and  the  ever  busy  Sears  having  been  engaged  in  an  attempt 
to  interest  the  Committee  of  Safety  in  a  scheme  for  the 
nucleus  of  a  navy.  Waterbury  remained  in  New  York  for 
a  short  time,  while  Sears  hastened  to  Stamford,  where 
shortly  after  his  arrival  he  was  appointed  by  General  Lee  as 
Deputy  Adjutant  General,  and  under  that,  to  him  pleasing 
title  the  first  "General  Order"  in  the  book  is  signed. 
Waterbury  joined  his  regiment  on  the  27th  of  January. 
Under  date  of  January  29th,  Colonel  Waterbury  is  directed 
to  move  to  Horse  Neck,  Rye  and  Mamaroneck,  these  three 
places  marking  the  first  three  stages  of  the  journey  of  the 
regiment  citywards.  By  February  ist,  the  troops  had  ar 
rived  at  King's  Bridge,  and  a  general  order  is  in  evidence 
bearing  that  place  and  date  at  its  head,  the  parole  being 
Wooster,  the  countersign  Arnold.  This  order  "directs  the 
regiment  to  march  to  the  Upper  Barracks  in  New  York,  and 
when  there,  it  must  strictly  be  seen  too  that  the  Men  are 
not  allowed  to  be  Squandering  about  the  Town  in  small 
parties."  On  the  4th  of  February,  the  regiment  received 
their  first  rations,  and  the  guard  for  the  camp  was  organized. 
Then  follows  a  list  of  some  suspicious  persons  who  were 
caught  up  by  the  ever  zealous  Lee,  Sears,  Waterbury  Trio 
on  their  way  to  town,  along  with  the  names  of  some  city 
tories  that  were  placed  in  their  hands  for  safe  keeping. 


John  Graham,  for  instance,  is  set  down  as  "  Suspision  of  a 
Tory,"  Wm.  Lounsbury,  "Suspision  of  Spikin  a  Cannon," 
Patrick  Cronin  "Tory,"  Canshe  Hunt,  "  Susspision  of 
Carring  a  Letter  board  Asia  "  (Man  of  War)  etc.,  etc. 

The  Upper  Barracks  to  which  reference  is  made,  were  a 
relic  of  the  French  and  Indian  War,  so  named,  to  distinguish 
them  from  the  Lower  Barracks  which  were  located  near  the 
present  Battery  Park.  The  Upper  Barracks  were  a  collec 
tion  of  low  structures  built  of  logs,  stretching  along  the 
upper  end  of  the  Common,  as  the  City  Hall  Park  was  then 
known,  and  reaching  from  Broadway  street  to  Tryon  Row, 
(now  Centre)  on  a  line  with  the  present  Chambers  Street. 

The  panic  occasioned  by  the  approach  of  the  troops 
under  command  of  General  Lee,  has  probably  never  been 
equaled  in  the  annals  of  the  town.  The  crisis  was  supposed 
to  have  arrived,  and  that  the  streets  would  soon  run  red 
with  blood  was  a  foregone  conclusion.  An  attack  from  the 
British  fleet  it  was  apprehended  might  occur  at  any  moment. 
Acting  on  the  impulse  that  this  new  fear  gave  them,  the 
citizens  fled  with  wives  and  children.  Every  conveyance 
however  humble  was  employed  in  transporting  valuables  to 
a  place  of  safety.  The  weather  was  unusually  severe,  which 
added  greatly  to  the  general  distress.  The  rich  knew  not 
where  to  go,  and  the  poor,  thrown  upon  the  charity  of  the 
neighboring  towns,  suffered  terribly.  The  Committee  of 
Safety  which  had  heretofore  been  reviled  beyond  measure 
for  their  slowness  in  preparing  for  the  defence  of  the  city, 
now  seemed  to  wake  from  their  slumbers,  and  through  their 
vigorous  efforts  confidence  was  restored.  They  may  also 
be  credited  with  those  diplomatic  measures  by  which  a  bom 
bardment  of  the  city  by  the  fleet  was  averted.  An  occasional 
exchange  of  compliments  between  the  "Honorable"  Com 
mittee,  and  the  no  less  "  Honorable  "  Captain  of  the  Fleet, 
accompanied  with  a  barrel  of  rum  or  cask  of  choice  wine 
from  the  "Honorable"  Committee,  under  a  flag  of  truce, 
served  as  an  effectual  stay  of  proceedings. 

General  Lee  was  shortly  afterward  superseded  by  Lord 


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Sterling,  who  in  turn  gave  way  to  General  Putnam,  who  as 
sumed  command  of  the  city  as  also  of  the  troops  which  now 
began  rapidly  to  arrive  from  neighboring  states,  aided  by 
the  New  York  Regiments  summoned  by  Washington.  The 
army  assisted  by  the  citizens,  now  commenced  in  earnest  to 
place  the  city  in  shape  for  a  vigorous  defence.  A  line  of 
fortifications  reaching  across  the  city  on  the  line  of  Spring 
Street,  was  rapidly  built;  minor  batteries  capping  every 
prominence  commanding  either  the  East  or  Hudson  rivers. 
Saw  logs  were  brought  up  from  the  lumber  yards  at  the  river 
sides,  with  which  barricades  were  erected  at  the  corners  of 
prominent  streets.  OUT  Connecticut  regiment  meantime, 
concerned  themselves  more  particularly  with  the  construc 
tion  of  a  formidable  work  located  on  a  hill,  the  site  of  which, 
is  marked  by  the  present  Catherine  Market.  When  com 
pleted,  this  work  was  called  Waterbury's  Battery,  and  here 
the  regiment  bivouacked  until,  called  away  to  take  an  honor 
able  part  in  many  deadly  encounters,  the  glorious  recoid  of 
which,  is  written,  in  the  history  of  the  American  Revolution. 


5i5*#  A  list  of  some  of  the  authorities  consulted,  as  also 
quoted  from  in  many  instances. 

Amer.  Hist.  Rec.,  American  Archives,  Barber's  Conn., 
Barber's  N.  Y.,  Booth's  N,  Y.,  Bancroft's  U.  S.,  Conn,  in 
the  Rev.,  Conn.  Records,  Dawson's  City  Hall  Park,  Diary 
of  the  Rev.,  Dawson's  Battle  of  U.  S..  Doc.  Hist,  of  N.  Y., 
Graydon's  Memoirs,  Hadden's  Journal,  Humphrey's  Putnam, 
Hollister's  Conn.,  Huntington's  Stamford,  Irving's  Washing 
ton,  Johnson's  Campaigns  of  1776,  Lamb's  Journal,  Lamb's 
N.  Y.,  Lossing's  Field  Book  of  Rev.,  Memorial  Hist,  of  N.  Y., 
Morse's  Rev.,  Mag  Amer.  Hist.,  Spark's  Correspondence, 
Stone's  N.  Y.  Thacher's  Mil.  Jour. 


A  RETURN  OF  COLONEL  DAVID  WATERBURY,  JR.'S  REGIMENT. 

DAVID  WATERBURY,  Jr.,  Colonel. 
PHILIP  BURR  BRADLEY,  Lieutenant  Colonel. 

DAVID  DIMON,  Major. 
SAMUEL  SQUIRE,   Commissary. 


CAPTAIN  MATTHEW  MEAD'S  COMPANY. 


Lieutenants :    JAMES  BETTS,  GAMALIEL  TAYLOR,  DANIEL  ST.  JOHN. 

First  Sergeant,  18  AZOR  BETTS. 
Sergeants :  19  JOSHUA  ADAMS,  16  THOMAS  BETTS,  19  JONATH.  RAYMOND. 

Clerk,  16  HEZ.  ROGERS. 
Corporals  :    16  ALVAN  HYAT,  19  GILES  MALLERY,  19  PHINEAS  HANFORD, 

18  Jos.  ROCKWELL. 

Drummer,  28  DANL.  HYAT. 

Fifers :     19  MATTHEW  HANFORD  AND  17  SAM.  DEFORESST.  ? 

PRIVATES. 

16  Akin,  Thomas  18  Hayt,  Ezekiel  19  Marthers,?  Noyes 

16  Brown,  Danl.  18  Hawley,  Elijah          18  Nash,  Bela 

17  Brown,  Jonath.  18  Hawley,  Ebenezer    17  Nichols,  Samuel 

1 6  Burrell,  Samuel         17  Hayt,  Daniel  19  Olmsted,  Isaac 

19  Betts,  Mose.  20  Hurl  but,  Gideon        20  Olmsted,  Nathan 

20  Comp,?Josiah  20  Johnson,  Nathaniel  17  Persons,  Barth.  ? 

18  Duning,Thaddeus     20  Johnson,  William       16  Raymond,  Jonathan 

17  Dunning,  Jr., David  18  Jezup,  Joseph  17  Starling,  Nathanl. 
17  Darrow,?  James         18  Keeler,  Justus  18  Si  Heck,  Deodate 
17  Gregory,  Uriah.         18  Keeler,  Aaron             19  Smith,  Samuel 

17  Gregory,  Jr.,  Matth.  18  Keeler,  Isaiah  18  Smith,  William 

17  Gilbert,  Moses.  16  Kellogg,  Elijah  17  St.  John,  Ezekiel 

17  Grumman,  Aaron  ?  17  Lockwood,  Lambert  19  Trowbridge,  Joseph 

18  Gilbert,  Eben.  18  Lockwood,  Stephen  19  Taylor,  Josiah 

16  Hyat,  Jessee  19  Lyon,  Peletiah  19  Turrell,  Nathaniel 

17  Hubbal,  Salmon         16  Lockwood,  Jesse        19  Tuttle,  Peter 

17  Hubbell,  Zadock        17  Mead,  Elias  18  Whitney,  Hezekiah 

18  Higgins,  William       18  Middlebrook,  Jonat.  17  Wescutt,  David,  Jr. 

NOTE— No  change  has  been  made  in  the  spelling  of  a  name,  even  when  obviously  in 
error.  When  the  spelling  cannot  be  deciphered,  aided  by  comparison, 
an  interrogation  mark  (  ?)  has  been  added.  The  numbers  appearing  at 
left  of  names  are  the  days  of  the  month  of  January  1776,  when  enlistments 
were  made.  Dates  are  not  given  in  all  cases  as  they  do  not  appear  in 
original  record. 


12 


CAPTAIN  .5  NOBLE  BENEDICT'S  COMPANY. 


Lieittenants :     15  JAMES  CLERK,  15  JOHN  TROWBRIDGE. 

Ensign,  15  DANIEL  HISCOCK. 

First  Sergeant,  18  NATHAN  TAYLOR. 

Sergeants :    22  NATHANIEL  KETCHUM,  20  JOEL  HINMAN, 

1 8  MATTHEW  STARR,  23  BENJ.  DUNNING. 
Corporals;    22  SOLOMAN  BROWN,  23  ELIJAH  STARR,  22   NATH.  HAYT) 

18  JESSEE  MUNSON. 
Drummer,  22  JOHN  COMSTOCK. 
Fifer,  18  NATHANIEL  PECK. 


PRIVATES. 


22  Benedict,  Eliakim 

22  Benedict,  Jesse 

23  Brown,  Jabez 

1 8  Benedict,  Seth 

1 8  Benedict,  Thomas  Hicock 

1 8  Benedict,  Samuel 

1 8  Benedict,  William 

1 8  Bouton,  David 

1 8  Black,  Uriah 

1 8  Bishop,  David 

23  Bunnel,  Job 

24  Barnum,  Lazerus 
1 8  Coller,  Isaac 

1 8  Comstock,  Enoch 

21  Curtis,  Weight 

22  Clements,  James 
24  Chapman,  Saml. 

24  Crawford,  Seth 

25  Demick,  Perez 

22  Graham,  Andrew 

23  Gray,  Isaac 

26  Gage,  Anthony 

20  Guthery,  John 

1 8  Hockum,  Luther 
18  Hayt,  Eliazer 

21  Henman,  Isaac 

22  Hayt,  Thaddeus 
1 8  Hayt,  James 

22  Hawley,  Closten 


24  June,  Eli 

22  Jar  vis,  Thomas 

20  Johnson,  Ebenezer 

21  Johnson,  Isaiah 

22  Lockwood,  Nathaniel 
24  Northorp,  Andrew 

IQ  Porter,  Joshua 

22  Peck,  John 

18  Peck,  Eleany 

1 8  Peck,  EHphalet 

20  Pond,  Philip 

24  Peck,  David 

18  Robinson,  Nathaniel 

22  Silleck.  Darling 

22  Stephens,  Moses 

22  Stewart,  Levi 

1 8  Stockes,  Comfort 

23  Starr,  Levi 

1 8  Starr,  Thomas 
18  Starr,  Nathan 

23  Stephens,  Israel 

24  Sherwood,  Abel 

1 8  Smith,  Isaac 

25  Tuttle,  Aaron 
1 6  Taylor,  Jabez 
20  Vinmg,  Abijah 
22  Wagner,  Adam 

19  Wood,  Ezra 

26  Whitlock,  Nathan 


*CAPTAIN  NATHL.  WEBBS  COMPANY. 


Lieutenants :    SYLVANUS  KNAP,  CHARLES  SMITH. 

Ensign,  JONATHN.  WARREN,  JUN. 
Sergeants:    ISAAC  HAIT,-ANNANIAS  WEED,  NATHL.  REYNALLS, 

AMOS  SMITH. 

Clerk,  EBENER.  WOOSTER. 
Corporals:    JOHN  JUDSON,  RANSFORD  A.  FERRIS,  NATHL.  WEBB,  3d, 

GIDEON  SCOFIELD. 
Drummer,  SAML.  CLOSSON. 
Fifer,  AMOS  LOUNSBERY. 


PRIVATES. 


Brown,  John 
Davis,  Abrm, 
Deforest,  Reuben 
Finch,  Saml. 
Fountain,  Moses 
Fountain,  Neas 
Finch,  Nathan 
Husted,  Nathan 
Hait,  Jonathn 
Hait,  Elijah 
Hait,  sd,?  Samuel 
Hait,  Silas 
Ingersoll,  Joseph 
June,  Abnor 
June,  Stephen 
June,  Phineas 
June,  Nathl. 
June,  Willm. 
Knap,  Boulton 
Knap,  Jun.  Peter 
Lounesbery,  Mulmuth 
Lounesbery,  Jun.  Nathl. 
Lockwood,  Willm. 
Lounesbery,  Willm. 
Longwell,?  Stephen 
Lockwood,  Timothy 
Lounesbery,  David 
Lounesbery,  Jacob 
Mead,  Stephen 
Newman,  Israel 


Newman,  Shubal 
Streit,?  Raymond 
Smith,  Jessee 
Scofield,  3d,  Saml. 
Scofield,  Elisha 
Smith,  Nehemiah 
Scofield,  3d,  John 
Scofield,  Seth 
Smith,  Joseph 
Smith,  Junr.  Josiah 
Smith,  Stephen 
Seely,  James 
Scofield,?  Amos 
Smith,  Peter 
Smith,  Phinemon 
Scofield,  3d,  Abrm. 
Scofield,  Junr.  Jacob 
Scofield,  Junr.  Sylvanus 
Weed,  Junr.  John 
Weed,  Junr.,  Sylvanus 
Weed,  Eli 
Warring,  Ebener 
White,  Willm. 
Weed,  Junr.  Isaa 
Weed,  Jabish 
Wicks,?  Henry 
Weed,  Jessee 
Webb,  Stephen 
Weed,  4th,  David 
Weed,  Junr.  Amos 


*No  dates  of  enlistments  are  given  with  this  company. 


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CAPTAIN  DANIEL  BENEDICT'S  COMPANY. 


Lieutenants :    SAML.  KEELER,  WILLM.  SEYMOUR, 

Ensign,  JACOB  SILLECK. 
Sergeants  :    JEREMIAH  BELL,?  JAMES  CRAWLEY,?  PELEG  BESSY, 

DAVID  ST.  JOHN. 
Clerk,  JEDEDIAH  ROGERS. 

Corporals :    JUSTUS  HAIT,  JOHN  BESSY,  HEZEKIAH  WOOD,  JAMES  WEED. 

Drummer,  18  SAML.  NASH. 

Fifer,    16  JOHN  ELLS. 

PRIVATES. 

16  Abbot,  Enoch  18  Hutihinson,  Thos. 

16  Benedict,  Ezra  18  Jackson,?  Stephen 

1 6  Benedict,  Moses  16  Jones,  Ephraim 

1 6  Bigsby,  Joseph  16  Kellogg,  Nathan 

16  Bouton,  Joseph  16  Kellogg,  Jonathan 

16  Benedict,  Thaddeus  16  Kellogg,  Stephen 

16  Brown,  Nathan  16  Leathers,  Joseph 

1 6  Benedict,  Eleazor  16  Lockwood,  John 

16  Benedict,  Thos.  18  Nash,  Nathl. 

16  Bishop,  Peter  16  Penoyer,  Gold  S. 

1 8  Benedict,  Stephen  16  Quintard,  James 

16  Crissy,  Willm.  16  Raymond,  Josiah 

16  Comstock,  Aaron  16  Raymond,  Stephen 

1 8  Crawford,  Joseph  16  Read,  Hezekiah 

1 8  Everett,  Saml.  16  Raymond,  Issac 

16  Frost,  Stephen  16  Raymond,  Saml.  Rice 

1 6  Green,  John  18  Scott,  Eleazor 

16  Gardner,  Willm.  18  Smith,  Nathan 

16  Govara,  ?  Saml.  16  Stephens,  Joseph 

1 6  Gibbs,  Saml.  16  Seymour,  Jonathan 

18  Green,  Asael  18  Tuttle,  Levy 

16  Hayt,  Walter  16  Weed,  Stephen 

16  Husted,  Thadclens  16  Warring,  James 

16  Hanford,  Eleazor  18  Warren,  Ephraim 

16  Husted,  John  16  Waterbury,  Willm. 

1 6  How,  Bowers  18  Warring,  Moses 

16  Hait,  Jonathan  16  Weed,  Seth 

1 8  Hayt,  Sylvanus  16  Weed,  Peter 

1 8  Hayt,  Wm.  16  Youngs,  Samuel 
1 8  Hayt,  Thos. 

*The  roll  of  this  company  is  made  out  by  enlistments  of  squads  under  certain  dates. 
The  officers  were  all  enlisted  the  isth  with  two  exceptions,  which  are  noted. 
The  company  organization  of  the  whole  regiment  probably  held  over  from  its 
first  organization. 


CAPTAIN  SAML.  WAKEMAN'S  COMPANY. 


Time  of  enlistment,  January  isth,  1776. 

Lieutenants :     16  SAML.  SEELY,  17  JOSIAH  LACY.? 

Ensign,  18  JOHN  ODLE. 

Sergeants :     17  NATHAN  WHELER,  19  NATHAN  P.  JACKSON, 
1 8  DANIEL  LACY,  19  DANIEL  HOYT. 

Clerk,  19  NATHAN  SELY. 
Corporals :     17  JAMES  PATCHEN,?  19  ISAAC  PATCHEN,? 

17  DANIEL  BLACKMAN,  19  SAMUEL  THORP. 

Drummers :     NEHEMIAH  BLACKMAN,  22  MILES  OAKLEY. 

Fifer,  16  WILLM.   BROTHWELL. 


PRIVATES. 


19  Bradley,  Enos 

18  Burr,  Jessee 

19  Bradley,  Asa 

19  Bradley,  Frances 

19  Bradley,  Levi 

19  Bradley,  Lymon? 

17  Brothweli,  Josiah  F. 

17  Bennet,  Josiah  W. 

17  Burnet,  Charles 

1 8  Bulkley,  Saml. 

1 8  Bard  wells,  Saml. 
1 6  Duncomb,  John 

1 6  French,  Jams. 

19  Gilbert,  Andrew 

20  Gilbert,  David 

1 8  Gregory,  Eben 

19  Godsell,  David 
1 6  Hawley,  Ezra 

1 6  Hawley,  Ephraim 

17  Hubbell,  Asa 

16  Hayse,?  John 

17  Hall,  Matthew 

1 8  Hendrix,  Abnor 

19  Hoha — ,?  John 


17  Jackson,  David 

18  Jonas,?  Jr.,  John 

19  Lyon,  Saml. 

19  Lyon,  Reuben 

17  Lacy,  Zacheriah 

1 8  Morehouse,  David 

17  Olmsted,  Elijah 

20  Odle,  Gershorn 
22  Roberson,  Saml. 

19  Rowland,  John 

1 8  Seely,  Nathan 

16  Stirling,  Stephen 

16  Shongan,?  Seth 

17  Sherwood,  David 

18  Sherwood,  Zacheriah 

17  Seely,  Joseph 
22  Thorp,  David 

1 8  Torrel,?  Asael 

17  Tredwell,  Saml. 

1 8  Whitney,  Levi 
16  Wakelee,  Abel 
16  Worden,  Samuel 
1 6  Wells,  Stephen 


'Different  times  of  enlistments  appear  with  the  records  of  each  company.    They 
probably  relate  to  the  call. 


i6 


'CAPTAIN  II.  G.  HDBBELL'S  COMPANY. 


Lieutenant,  KENT  WRIGHT. 

Ensign,  PETER  PENFIELD. 

Sergeants :    WM.  PHILIP,  BILEA  TROWBRIDGE,  AMOS  GRAVES, 

DENNIS  HUBBELL,  WM.  TOWNER. 

Corporals :    THATFORD  HOLMES,  ISAAC  HATCH,  DANL.  STEPHENS. 
Ftfer>  JOSEPH  OSBORN. 


PRIVATES. 


Allen,  John 
Bonnot,  Joseph 
Conger,  Jessey 
Conger,  Joseph 
Carpenter,  Bernard 
Gary,  Eleazer 
Conger,  Elijah 
Craw,  Amon 
Cozier,  Abel 
Cocksure,  Jonah 
Davis,  Paul 
Evens,  Samuel 
Goram,  John 
Gould,  John 
Goram,  Phineas 
Hubbell,  Gilead 
Howland,  Obadiah 


Husted,  Saml. 
Hall,  Talmage 
Hollister,  Jonathn 
Lacy,  John  F. 
Murry,  Warren 
McCartee,  Jeremiah 
Pitts,  Caleb 
Page,  Stephen 
Philips,  Geruel 
Richardson,  Saml. 
Richardson,  Wm. 
Smith,  Luke 
Stephens,  Amos 
Taylor,  Ezra 
Worden,  James 
White,  David 
Woodruff,  Wm. 


*No  dates  of  enlistments  of  this  company  are  given. 


CAPTAIN  ZALMON  REED'S  COMPANY. 


Lieutenants :    WILLM.  HAWLEY,  JOHN  DAVIS. 
Sergeants :    23  DANL.  DURKOM,  20  TIMOTHY  BLAKEMAN, 

18  STEPHEN  SANFORD. 
Clerk,  1 8  ELIJAH  BURR. 

Corporals :     18  PHILIP  BURRIT,?  18  SAMUEL  PLATT, 

Fifers  :    20  SAML.  FRENCH,  18  AARON  MOREHOUSE. 

Drummer,  23  GERSHORN  SOLOMON. 


PRIVATES. 


1 8  Andrews,  Peter 
1 8  Byington,  John 
1 8  Burr,  Nathan 
1 8  Bulkley,  Jabez 
1 8  Burr,  Stephen 
1 8  Burr,  Ezekiel 
20  Bennet,  Aaron 
20  Barly,  Daniel 
1 8  Cosly,  ?  Nathan 
23  Couch,  John 
20  Dayton,  Lilus  ? 
20  Dotten,?  Benjamin 
20  Fairchild,  Samuel 
18  Fitch,  Asael 
20  Goram,  Isaac 
1 8  Gould,  Lemuel 
23  Gray,  John 
23  Goram,  Ebenr. 


23  Gilbert,  Joel 
23  Godfry,  Isaa 
1 8  Hollsbert,?  John 
18  Hopkins,  Henry 
1 8  Jackson,  Joseph 
1 8  Johnes,  John 
1 8  Merchant,  John 
1 8  Meker,  Jerod. 
20  Merrit,  John 
20  Nickols,  Ely 
20  Platt,  Jonas 
18  Patchen,  Eben. 
1 8  Perry,  Isaa 
20  Rower,  Hezekiah 
20  Read,  Zalmon 
23  Rockwell,  Joseph 
1 8  Smith,  Joel 
1 8  Sanford,  Peter 


i8 


CAPTAIN  .5  EBEH.  JOKES'  COMPANY. 


Lieutenants :     15  GAMALIEL  NORTHROP,  15  ABKAM  GRAY, 

Ensign,  15  THOMAS  HOBBY. 
Sergeants:     15  EBENR.  OLMSTED,  15  JOB  SMITH,  16  JOHN  ST.  JOHN,, 

16  ABRM.  MEAD. 
Corporals:     15  JOHN  KEELER,  16  JACOB  CONKLIN,  15  SEYMOUR  BOUTON, 

16  AZOR  HURLBUTT. 

Drummer,  16  JOHN  MEAD. 
Fifcr,  16  AMOS  LOCKWOOD. 


PRIVATES. 


1 6  Addon  toil,  Willm. 

1 6  Benedict,  Abijah 

16  Betts,  Gilead 

16  Beerb,  Elnathan 

16  Baker,  Bartholomew 

1 6  Benedict,  Jessee 

16  Banks,  Samuel 

16  Banks,  Obadiah 

16  Bumsted,  John 

16  Balden,  Philemon 

1 6  Barber,  John 

1 6  Bouton,  Jesse 

16  Bird,  Willm. 

16  Coley,  Ezra 

16  Dutton,  David 

15  Finch,  Saml. 

1 6  Forrester,  Arthor 
16  Gorman,?  Charles 
16  Green,  Caleb 

16  Gates,  David 

16  Hine,  Jerod 

16  Hayt,  David 

16  Hays,  Abm. 

16  Hamlin,  Barnabas 

1 6  Jones,  Jacob 

19  Jackson,  Reuben 

15  Jacklin,?  Eben. 

15  Keeler,  Paul 


16  Keeler,  Jabey 
16  Mead,  Matthew 
1 6  Merrit,  Peter 

Meaker,  Soloman 
16  Nash,  Ezra 
1 6  Nor  thorp,  James 
16  Persons,  Theodosius 
1 6  Peck,  Daniel 
1 6  Randol,  Joseph 
16  Rementon,  Stephen 
19  Rossequie,?  John 
16  Sherwood,  Jonathan 
1 6  Sears,  Comfort 
1 6  Stephens,  Zacheriah 
16  Smith,  Nehemiah 
16  Silleck,  Nathl. 
19  Scribner,  Asa 
16  Starr,  Noah 
16  Smith,  Matthew 
1 6  Truesdrell,  John 
19  Tuttle,  Aaron 
16  Taylor,  Joshua 
16  Taylor,  Jonathan 
1 6  Taylor,  John 
16  Thomas,  Daniel 
1 6  Waterhous,  Josiah 
1 6  Weed,  Timothy 
1 6  Wood,  Jared 


'9 


CAPTAIN  ABRM.  MEAD'S  COMPANY. 


Lieutenants:    GEORGE  PECK,  SYLVANUS  MEAD,  EBENR.  MEAD. 
Sergeants :   18  ELIJAH  MEAD,  18  JAMES  FERRIS,  20  GERSHORM  LOCKVVOOD, 

1 8  JOSEPH  KNAP. 
Clerk,  1 8  JEREMIAH  MEAD. 

Corporals:     17  EBENR.  W.  PHINEY,  18  MILETON  LOCKVVOOD, 

1 8  PETER  MEAD,  18  JOSEPH  JUDSON. 

Drummer,  18  WILLM.  SEYMOUR. 

Fifer,  20  DANIEL  MEAD. 


PRIVATES. 


19  Addington,  Ebenr. 

20  Adams,  Jonathan 
20  Austin,  John 

20  Austen,  Nathaniel 
20  Blake,  William 
20  Banks,  Daniel 
20  Brighton,  John 
20  Brown,  Nath. 
20  Bush,  Justin 

Blake,  Willm.,  Jim. 
20  Clerk,  James 
20  Depew,  John 
1 8  Dray  ton,  Jonah 
18  Dun,  Danl.,  Jun. 
1 8  Ferris,  Andrew 
1 8  Finch,  Abrm. 
1 8  Ferris,  Jabez 
1 8  Ferris,  Jephet 
1 8  Ferris,  Pack? 
1 8  Ferris,  Soloman 
1 8  Ferris,  Caleb 
1 8  How,  Ebenr. 


20  Jones,  Thomas 

19  Knap,  Abrm. 

1 8  Knap,  Charles 

20  Knap,  Titus 

20  Knap,  Titus<  Jun. 
20  Knap,  Timothy 
1 8  Knap,  Joseph 
1 8  Lyon,  Amos 
1 8  Lock  wood,  Philip 
1 8  Mead,  Solomon 
20  Mead,  Jonas 
1 8  Newman,  Abrm. 

1 8  Peck,  Abijah 

19  Palmer,  Josiah 

20  Palmer,  Jeremiah 

19  Palmer,  Smith 
1 8  Peck,  Edward 

1 8  Rundle,?  Charles 
1 8  Sutton,  Daniel 

20  Worden,  Noah 
20  Wilson,  David 


20 


*CAPTAIN  SYLVANUS  BROWN'S  COMPANY. 


Lieutenants :      JESSE  BELL,  SIMEON  SILLECK. 

Ensign,  SAML.  HAIT. 
Sergeants:    SAML.  GAURNSEY,  JOSIAH  SCOFIELD,  PHINEAS  WATERBURY, 

BENJM.  SCOFIELD. 

Clerk,  JOHN  WATERBURY, 

Corporals ;    JOEL  WEED,  JAMES  WILSON,  JACOB  SCOFIELD, 

JONATHAN  BISHOP. 

Drummer,  ELNATHAN  HOLLY. 

Fifers,  JOHN  MOREHOUSE,  JOHN  WOLSEY. 


Ayres,  John 
Blackman,  Joseph 
Bell,  Jun.  Francis 
Bishop,  Jacob 
Bell,  Eben 
Brown,  James 
Blanch ard,  Jacob 
Bates,  Samuel 
Curtis,  Timothy 
Gailord,  Samuel 
Garnsey,  Zacheus 
Hait,  Jonathan 
Hait,  Josiah 
Hait,  Nathan 
Hayse,  John 
Hait,  Cary 
Holly,  Isaac 
Hutton,  James 
Jones,  Lewis 
Jones,  Isaac 
Lounesbery,  James 
Lockwood,  Eliphalet 
Lewis,  Nathaniel 
Marshall,  Wilim. 


PRIVATES. 


Marshall,  Henry 
Mathers,  John 
Mills,  John 
Maltbie,  David 
Nichols,  Abel 
Pang  man,  Stephen 
Provost,  Samuel 
Rogers,  James 
Suard,  David 
Smith,  Abraham 
Stephens,  Nathan 
Scofield,  Jonathan 
Slauson,  Rowland 
Silleck,  Thomas 
Weed,  Scudder 
Weed,  Gideon 
Weed,  Eliphalit 
Weed,  Miles 
Webb,  Phineas 
Waterbury,  3d,  Peter 
Wyatt,  Henry 
Whitney,  Plat 
Whitney,  Jun.  Daniel 
Whitney,  Darling. 


*This  whole  company  seems  to  have  signed  the  roll  the  same  day,   viz.    the  i8th  of 
January,  1776. 


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